Investors at Scale Stage

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Tiger Global Management

Tiger Global Management is a New York-based investment firm founded in 2001 by Charles (Chase) Coleman. It allocates capital to private and public markets worldwide, with a focus on technology, internet, consumer and financial services sectors, and regions including the United States, China, India, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The firm employs public equity strategies such as long/short and growth, alongside private investments across early to late stages, seeking high-quality growth opportunities and supporting portfolio companies throughout their lifecycle.
Made 301 investments at Scale Stage

Sequoia Capital

Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 1972 and based in Menlo Park, California. It provides capital alongside strategic guidance to a select set of companies across information technology, healthcare, manufacturing, mobile, nanotechnology, financial services, internet, energy, media, and retail, supporting them from early ideas through growth and even IPO stages. The firm emphasizes long-term partnerships, working closely with leadership teams on product development, company building, and market expansion. Sequoia pursues opportunities at seed, early, and growth stages and maintains a global reach, investing in companies across the United States and other major markets, with interests in AI and other emerging technologies.
Made 308 investments at Scale Stage

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 2000 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, New Delhi and Herzliya Pituach. The firm backs entrepreneurs across the United States, Asia and Israel, from seed through growth stages, in sectors including enterprise software, consumer technology, fintech, cleantech and related information technologies. It provides capital through equity and debt financing and sometimes incubation support to help startups scale. With a diversified, cross-border approach, Lightspeed supports companies from early ideas to expansion, partnering with management teams to address large markets and accelerate product development, go-to-market strategies and operational execution.
Made 204 investments at Scale Stage

Accel

Accel is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 1983 that backs early and growth-stage technology companies across software, enterprise, consumer internet, fintech, security, and related sectors. It builds a global community of entrepreneurs, providing not only capital but operational resources, mentorship, and access to a broad network of peers to help with product development, talent recruitment, and market expansion. Its portfolio includes category-defining companies such as Atlassian, Dropbox, Slack, Spotify, and others, reflecting a track record of supporting rapid growth and transformation across multiple geographies.
Made 245 investments at Scale Stage

Insight Partners

Insight Partners is a global private equity and venture capital firm founded in 1995, focused on growth-stage software, internet, and data services companies. It partners with high-growth technology and software businesses to accelerate revenue growth and long-term value creation, offering capital, operational guidance, and an extensive network to support scale from product-market fit to IPO and beyond. The firm has a track record across sectors including Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI, DevOps, and Healthcare, and as of its latest disclosures manages over $75 billion in assets with a portfolio that spans hundreds of companies. Headquartered in New York City, Insight Partners maintains offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto.
Made 170 investments at Scale Stage

New Enterprise Associates

New Enterprise Associates is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in Menlo Park, California, with a global investment reach. It provides capital and operational support to early, growth, and later-stage companies across a wide range of industries, including software, consumer technology, healthcare technology, life sciences, energy technology, infrastructure, and AI-enabled services. NEA collaborates with founders to address technical challenges, guide product development, and expand markets, leveraging its domain expertise to help portfolio companies scale from seed stages through IPO. The firm invests across the United States, Asia, and other regions, often supporting companies from early stages to scale, and has a long track record that includes numerous IPOs and acquisitions. NEA emphasizes a hands-on partnership approach and seeks opportunities across sectors that enable transformational businesses through technology and data-driven innovation.
Made 277 investments at Scale Stage

General Catalyst

General Catalyst is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North America and Europe. It provides seed to growth-stage investments in technology companies, with emphasis on software, consumer and enterprise applications, fintech, crypto, health tech, and AI-enabled businesses. The firm supports portfolio companies with capital, strategic guidance, mentorship and operational assistance to help them scale and innovate across industries, including healthcare, fintech and consumer technology. General Catalyst manages multiple venture funds and pursues both early-stage and growth investments, often taking minority to majority equity positions. The firm has a global reach and a history of backing companies that become industry leaders, with ongoing focus on resilience and applied AI.
Made 145 investments at Scale Stage

Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins is an American venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California, founded in 1972. It funds early-stage, growth, and incubation companies across technology-enabled industries, including digital health, life sciences, healthcare, information technology, cybersecurity, consumer products and services, software, and financial technology. The firm partners with founders from inception to IPO and beyond, supporting bold ideas that span industries and continents. It emphasizes a hands-on, founder-friendly approach and leverages decades of investing experience to help portfolio companies scale. The firm also maintains a dedicated seed-stage unit focused on emerging technologies such as blockchains, virtual reality, digital health, drones, computer vision, and mobile marketplaces, with internal tools designed to address common early-stage challenges in recruiting, financing, and operations. Kleiner Perkins operates globally from its Menlo Park base, reflecting its long-standing focus on technology-driven innovation.
Made 220 investments at Scale Stage

Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. It backs technology companies across stages, from seed to growth, with a broad focus on software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise software and services, fintech, consumer internet, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and life sciences applications at the intersection of computer science and biology. The firm emphasizes long-term support for entrepreneurs, offering capital and resources to help companies scale, and operates through multiple investment vehicles to fund early and later-stage opportunities. Its portfolio targets information technology, software-enabled businesses, and technology-enabled services, reflecting a commitment to innovation and leadership in American technology.
Made 138 investments at Scale Stage

Sapphire Ventures

Sapphire Ventures is a growth equity and venture capital firm that focuses on expansion-stage enterprise software companies, with an emphasis on AI-related opportunities, and operates globally from offices in Austin, Palo Alto, London, and San Francisco. The firm provides capital, strategic resources, and hands-on support through operating partners and a portfolio Growth team to help portfolio companies scale, optimize go-to-market strategies, and strengthen leadership. It backs technology companies across geographies including the United States, Europe, and Israel, and has facilitated numerous IPOs and exits for its portfolio. Notable investments include Dremio, Temporal, Bretton AI, and Onebrief.
Made 151 investments at Scale Stage

Bessemer Venture Partners

Bessemer Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and growth-stage companies across technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors. The firm provides capital and supports founders with strategic guidance, operational insight, and access to its network, helping portfolio companies with product development, market expansion, and organizational scaling. Its investment activity spans software, cloud infrastructure, fintech, biotech, and internet-enabled businesses, with a global reach and investments across seed to later-stage rounds, aiming to align capital deployment with long-term company-building.
Made 192 investments at Scale Stage

Index Ventures

Index Ventures is a global venture capital firm with offices in London, San Francisco and Geneva. It provides early-stage and growth-stage investments to technology-driven companies across software, fintech, healthcare, AI, data, entertainment, and related sectors, spanning seed to expansion rounds. The firm offers strategic support through due diligence, deal structuring and ongoing guidance to portfolio founders, leveraging a broad network of industry relationships to connect entrepreneurs with customers, partners and investors. With a history dating back to 1996, Index emphasizes long-term collaboration with ambitious teams to help them scale, enter new markets and turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Made 137 investments at Scale Stage

Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest Venture Partners is a global technology venture capital and growth equity firm based in California. Founded in 1961, it has funded hundreds of companies across seed to growth stages in software, IT infrastructure, Internet and consumer, enterprise services, financial services, healthcare, and life sciences. The firm operates across North America, Israel, India and other markets, leveraging a broad network and operating experience to help CEOs and founders scale. It provides capital and strategic guidance, supporting portfolio companies through multiple rounds as needed, and offers resources designed to accelerate growth and build long-term value. Norwest emphasizes a collaborative approach, partnering with entrepreneurs to navigate milestones and expand market reach, with the goal of fostering durable, high-impact businesses.
Made 166 investments at Scale Stage

Khosla Ventures

Khosla Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Menlo Park. It provides capital and strategic guidance to technology companies across stages, investing in sectors including artificial intelligence, digital health, sustainability, climate tech, and consumer technology. The firm seeks startups with innovative technologies or business models and offers hands-on support to help build enduring companies. It manages multiple funds and runs initiatives such as Khosla Impact, which supports high-impact for-profit ventures addressing the needs of low-income populations and emerging markets. Through funding and guidance, it backs transformative technologies and scalable businesses in the United States and globally.
Made 109 investments at Scale Stage

GGV Capital

GGV Capital is a global venture capital firm that, as of March 2024, operates as two distinct brands: Granite Asia, headquartered in Singapore, investing in the APAC region including Southeast Asia, Japan, China, India and Australia; and Notable Capital, based in Silicon Valley with offices in San Francisco and New York, investing in the United States, Israel, Europe and Latin America. The firm backs early- and growth-stage technology companies and leverages an international network to help portfolio companies scale across borders.
Made 140 investments at Scale Stage

ICONIQ Capital

ICONIQ Capital is a private global multi-family office and merchant bank that provides financial advisory and family-office services while managing direct investments across asset classes. The firm concentrates on technology growth equity, venture capital, middle-market buyouts, and real estate opportunities, serving influential families and organizations worldwide. Founded in 2001 by former Wall Street wealth managers as Mark Zuckerberg’s family office, ICONIQ Capital has since expanded to serve a broader client base beyond Silicon Valley. It is based in San Francisco with additional offices in New York, Palo Alto, and Singapore, focusing investments in North America and Europe.
Made 110 investments at Scale Stage

IVP

IVP, short for Institutional Venture Partners, is a venture capital firm that concentrates on later-stage technology investments in North America. Founded in 1980 and based in Menlo Park, California, the firm backs information technology companies across sectors including artificial intelligence, consumer technology, digital health, enterprise infrastructure, fintech, cryptocurrency, gaming, SaaS, security, and go-to-market platforms. It supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and capital to scale product development, operations, and market expansion.
Made 143 investments at Scale Stage

Menlo Ventures

Menlo Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded in 1976 that provides capital to startups and growth-stage technology companies across the United States. Based in San Francisco, the firm pursues seed through growth investments in consumer and software-enabled sectors, including marketplaces, consumer services, software and SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, and life sciences technology. It emphasizes market-driven analysis and active involvement, aiming to identify opportunities and support scalable growth, strategic exits, and innovation.
Made 130 investments at Scale Stage

Meritech Capital Partners

Meritech Capital Partners is a venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, California (with a presence in San Francisco) that concentrates on late-stage technology investments in North America. Founded in 1999, it finances software, information technology, communications and related TMT sectors and often participates in rounds ranging from around $10 million to $100 million. The firm positions itself as a hands-on partner to help portfolio companies scale, build enduring brands, and strengthen market leadership, supported by resources such as its Meritech Analytics platform. It operates as a registered investment adviser and focuses on helping technology companies reach leadership positions.
Made 147 investments at Scale Stage

Spark Capital

Spark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco with offices in Boston and New York City. It backs founders developing innovative products across all sectors and stages, guiding them to achieve success on their own terms. The firm has funded notable companies including Twitter, Discord, Anthropic, Cruise, Niantic, Oculus, Warby Parker and Tumblr, illustrating its willingness to back consumer, software, and technology leaders. Spark Capital emphasizes flexibility over prescriptive playbooks, supporting entrepreneurs from seed through growth rounds, and partners with portfolio companies to help scale products and go-to-market strategies while spanning sectors such as consumer, software, fintech, media, and education.
Made 80 investments at Scale Stage

Qiming Venture Partners

Qiming Venture Partners is a China-based venture capital firm founded in 2006, with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Hong Kong and Singapore. It backs early and growth-stage technology, consumer and healthcare companies, applying deep industry knowledge and hands-on support to help portfolio companies scale. The firm manages US-dollar and RMB funds and maintains a global footprint, including a dedicated US arm, Qiming Venture Partners USA, to pursue cross-border opportunities in healthcare, therapeutics and digital health. Since inception, it has invested in more than 530 companies and achieved more than 200 exits via IPOs, M&A or other means, with over 70 portfolio companies reaching unicorn or super unicorn status. Qiming emphasizes long-term partnerships with entrepreneurs, aligning resources and networks to drive innovation and societal progress across its portfolio.
Made 84 investments at Scale Stage

Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1999 and based in Woodside, California. It makes seed, early and growth investments in technology companies across sectors such as software, internet, consumer tech, fintech and enterprise IT, providing capital and strategic guidance to help portfolio companies scale. The firm operates a multi-fund platform and maintains a global reach that includes a China-focused arm, reflecting its emphasis on global opportunities in technology, media and related fields. Redpoint Ventures emphasizes partnering with founders, leveraging its ecosystem content and network to inform and support portfolio companies throughout product development and go-to-market efforts.
Made 109 investments at Scale Stage

Greylock Partners

Greylock Partners is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm founded in 1965 that invests across seed to growth stages in consumer and enterprise software and related information technology sectors. The firm backs entrepreneurs who redefine markets and often takes board seats to help guide portfolio companies such as Airbnb, AppDynamics, Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Palo Alto Networks, Pure Storage, and Workday. With offices in San Francisco and Wellesley, Greylock supports startups globally and focuses on software-enabled businesses including cloud/SaaS, data analytics, security, and services.
Made 126 investments at Scale Stage

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is an American fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services. It produces processors and connectivity solutions, software, displays, and charging products, and serves automotive, education, healthcare, Internet of Things, mobile computing, networking, smart cities, smart homes, and wearables. The company operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT), which develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software for 3G, 4G, and 5G wireless communications; Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL), which licenses its intellectual property portfolio for wireless standards; and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI), which invests in early-stage ventures to support new products and services. A core product line is Snapdragon, the brand for its mobile processors and related platforms.
Made 89 investments at Scale Stage

Threshold Ventures

Threshold Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, that backs early-stage technology companies across sectors including software, consumer platforms, fintech, and healthcare. The firm provides capital at seed and Series A stages and supports portfolio companies with strategic guidance, operational input, and access to a broad industry network. It pursues hands-on, active partnerships, helping founders with product development, market positioning, hiring, and go-to-market planning to address evolving market needs and enable scalable growth.
Made 164 investments at Scale Stage

Battery Ventures

Battery Ventures is a Boston-based technology-focused investment firm that has backed more than 450 companies since its founding in 1983. It pursues opportunities across software (application and infrastructure), consumer and industrial technology, and life science tools, supporting companies from early stages through growth and buyouts. The firm combines venture, growth equity, and private equity approaches to help portfolio companies scale, often leveraging sector expertise and a collaborative, hands-on approach. Its global reach includes investments and operations in North America, Europe, and Israel, with services that extend beyond capital to include talent acquisition and business development.
Made 119 investments at Scale Stage

Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 1977 and based in San Francisco that funds early-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on applied AI, B2B software, fintech, health tech, infrastructure and hardware, and supports ventures from idea to Series A with a hands-on, founder-friendly approach drawn from its team of former entrepreneurs. It has backed and partnered with companies such as Apple, FedEx, Oculus, Canva, Zendesk and HubSpot, Postmates and Fivetran, illustrating a history of broad technology investments across the United States, China and India. Matrix Partners combines local knowledge with global experience to help portfolio companies scale into category-leading businesses.
Made 120 investments at Scale Stage

Founders Fund

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm that backs science and technology companies across multiple stages. It focuses on ambitious projects in aerospace, artificial intelligence, advanced computing, energy, health, software, and consumer Internet, among others. The firm has been an early backer of SpaceX, Palantir, Facebook and Airbnb, illustrating a track record of supporting transformative technologies. It pursues a founder-friendly approach that provides substantial support with minimal interference, helping portfolio companies scale while maintaining strategic flexibility.
Made 75 investments at Scale Stage

DST Global

DST Global is an investment firm that backs late-stage internet and technology companies, focusing on private markets and growth opportunities. It deploys capital through venture and private equity investments in established digital businesses, engages with founders and management to support development ahead of liquidity events, and performs due diligence to structure investments for institutional investors. The firm operates globally, funding opportunities across software, information technology, mobile, internet of things, e-commerce, and other internet economy sectors, and manages capital on behalf of institutional clients rather than retail investors. It maintains offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Beijing, and Hong Kong, and has a registered presence in the Cayman Islands.
Made 88 investments at Scale Stage

Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics is a global technology company headquartered in South Korea that designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of electronics and components. Its products include mobile devices, consumer electronics, home appliances, displays, memory and storage, and computing devices, and it is a leading producer of semiconductor chips. The company operates worldwide across consumer, enterprise, and telecommunications markets and engages in research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and repair services. It maintains activities in areas such as information technology, mobile communications, device solutions, and chip fabrication, supported by extensive capabilities in advanced materials, display tech, and AI-powered services. Samsung is known as a major global supplier and innovator in mobile, television, and semiconductor sectors, with a diversified portfolio and global reach that underpins its position in the technology industry.
Made 67 investments at Scale Stage

Notable Capital

Notable Capital is a U.S.-based venture capital firm that backs early-to-growth stage technology companies, focusing on cloud infrastructure and business and consumer applications. It invests across the United States, Israel, Europe, Latin America, and select go-global opportunities. The firm supports portfolio companies across various software and tech sectors, including cloud infrastructure, security, developer tooling, and consumer software, with examples such as Affirm, Airbnb, HashiCorp, Slack, Zendesk, Vercel, Ibotta, Orca Security, Quince, Brightwheel, Drata, Handshake, Slice, StockX, and Stori.
Made 103 investments at Scale Stage

Global Brain

Global Brain is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm established in 1998 that invests in technology companies from seed to pre-IPO stages and operates across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The firm backs startups in sectors such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, cloud and software-as-a-service, cybersecurity, advertisement, agritech, foodtech, climate technology, and commerce, among others, and emphasizes hands-on support and resources to portfolio companies. It manages pure investment funds as well as corporate venture funds formed with leading public companies, enabling strategic collaboration and broader networks. Over its history, Global Brain has invested in hundreds of startups and facilitated numerous exits including IPOs and mergers and acquisitions, underscoring its active role in building early-stage technology companies.
Made 36 investments at Scale Stage

Alumni Ventures

Alumni Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire. It connects accredited individual investors with startup deals and co-invests alongside established venture capital firms across multiple stages, from seed to growth. The firm provides access to diversified portfolios through funds, syndicates, and investing clubs, supported by a large network of community members and individual investors. It invests across sectors and geographies, with a focus on transparency and due diligence in collaborative investments with leading firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Y Combinator. Alumni Ventures operates internationally with offices in New York, Boston, Menlo Park, Chicago, London, and Tokyo and has raised substantial capital to back founders with strategic capital and resources.
Made 43 investments at Scale Stage

Lux Capital

Lux Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that funds seed- and early-stage companies, with occasional growth investments, in science- and engineering-driven sectors. It backs ventures applying scientific research to commercial applications across artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, electronics, aerospace and space technology, satellites, drones, robotics, synthetic biology, genomics, 3D printing, and related infrastructure. The firm provides capital alongside strategic input on product development, team building and long-term positioning, taking an active role to help translate complex innovations into scalable businesses. With offices in New York and Silicon Valley, Lux has helped launch more than 20 companies and manages several billion dollars in assets. It emphasizes deep scientific insight, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and an early-stage focus, aiming to connect portfolio companies with markets and industry leadership.
Made 43 investments at Scale Stage

Canaan Partners

Canaan Partners is a global venture capital firm founded in 1987 and based in Menlo Park, California, with East Coast offices in Westport, Connecticut and an international presence in Israel and India. It focuses on early-stage investments in technology and healthcare companies, targeting sectors such as fintech, enterprise software and cloud, marketplaces, frontier tech, biopharma, digital health and medtech. The firm emphasizes close collaboration with founders, providing strategic guidance and hands-on support to help portfolio companies grow and scale. Over its history it has funded hundreds of startups across information technology and life sciences, building a diversified portfolio and a track record of supporting transformative ideas from inception to growth.
Made 99 investments at Scale Stage

OrbiMed

OrbiMed is a global healthcare investment firm founded in 1989 and based in New York, with a worldwide presence that includes offices in several regions. It allocates capital across private equity, venture capital, and public equity to support healthcare companies at various stages, from startups to established firms. Its focus spans biopharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, life sciences tools, and digital health, as well as healthcare services. The firm pursues opportunities across major markets in North America, Europe, and Asia, often leveraging region-specific teams to invest in companies in Israel, China, India, South Korea, and other jurisdictions. OrbiMed emphasizes building world-class companies by providing strategic financing, industry expertise, and global resources to portfolio companies in pursuit of medical breakthroughs and sustainable growth.
Made 84 investments at Scale Stage

TCV

TCV is a global investment firm that provides capital and strategic support to growth-stage technology companies. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the firm has deployed billions of dollars in hundreds of technology companies. It combines capital with data-driven insights, sector expertise, access to top talent, and connections with category leaders to accelerate growth. TCV invests across multi-stage structures and growth expansions in sectors including internet, software, information technology, big data, cybersecurity, fintech, e-commerce, and infrastructure. Typical equity investments range from tens to hundreds of millions. The firm's portfolio spans notable companies such as Netflix and other tech leaders, with ongoing activity in the United States and the United Kingdom. TCV pursues long-term partnerships, helping portfolio companies scale, innovate, and transform their industries through strategic collaboration.
Made 106 investments at Scale Stage

Scale Venture Partners

Scale Venture Partners is a Foster City, California-based venture capital firm founded in 2000 that invests in early-stage technology companies. The firm concentrates on artificial intelligence, cloud software, SaaS, security, fintech, infrastructure, and productivity software, backing founders through the growth journey from initial customer traction toward market leadership. It provides more than capital by offering go-to-market advisory, strategic resources, and a scalable operating platform designed to accelerate growth and improve defensibility in the AI era. The firm partners with entrepreneurs to speed product development, improve go-to-market execution, and access a data-driven set of benchmarks and playbooks. Notable portfolio companies include Box, HubSpot, JFrog, Bill.com, DocuSign, and WalkMe, reflecting a track record of helping companies transition from founder-led growth to repeatable, scalable growth. Scale Venture Partners emphasizes speed, continuous innovation, and founder resilience, aiming to be a supportive partner throughout a company's growth journey.
Made 83 investments at Scale Stage

Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 that invests in internet, software, and technology-enabled companies across stages from early development to growth. It provides capital and strategic partnerships to startups and expanding businesses, working closely with founders to scale operations and execution. The firm seeks opportunities in sectors such as artificial intelligence, financial technology, and consumer platforms, and maintains long-term equity positions in its portfolio. It operates as a registered investment adviser and focuses on building diversified, innovative portfolios in the technology space.
Made 51 investments at Scale Stage

Bond

Bond is a venture capital firm that backs founders of high-growth Internet companies across the full lifecycle of innovation and growth. The firm originated as a spinout from the Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund and was launched in January 2019, founded by Mary Meeker with Mood Rowghani and Noah Knauf.
Made 37 investments at Scale Stage

Venrock

Venrock is a venture capital firm founded in 1969 as the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family. Based in Palo Alto, California, with offices in New York City, it specializes in seed and early-stage investments across technology and healthcare, including information technology, software, cybersecurity, genomics, and digital health. The firm supports entrepreneurs with capital, strategic guidance, and access to its network to help build enduring companies. Notable portfolio entries include Apple, Illumina, Gilead Sciences, Intel, Nest, Endeca, and SlideShare, reflecting a history of backing influential technology and life sciences ventures.
Made 107 investments at Scale Stage

Adams Street Partners

Adams Street Partners is an independent, employee-owned global private markets investment manager that serves institutional investors. Founded in 1972 and based in Chicago, the firm has a long track record of navigating private markets and delivering client service through a disciplined investment approach. Its portfolio emphasizes private equity (approximately 95%) with a smaller allocation to private debt (about 5%), and it pursues opportunities across growth-stage buyouts as well as seed to late-stage venture investments. Adams Street works with capital across sectors including business services, information technology, financial services, healthcare, and other technology-enabled industries, drawing on its global resources and deep experience in venture capital and private equity partnerships. As an independent, employee-owned firm, it focuses on building lasting value for institutional investors through exposure to the private markets lifecycle.
Made 66 investments at Scale Stage

Ribbit Capital

Ribbit Capital is a Palo Alto-based venture capital firm founded in 2012 that invests in financial services and fintech companies worldwide. It backs startups building infrastructure, platforms, or tools to transform how financial services are delivered, accessed, or experienced, with activity in lending, payments, insurance, banking, and digital assets. The firm also invests in information technology, mobile, and insurance technology sectors as part of its broad fintech focus, supporting early- to growth-stage companies that aim to disrupt financial services.
Made 43 investments at Scale Stage

Eight Roads Ventures

Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm and the venture capital arm of Fidelity International. It partners with entrepreneurs across technology, healthcare, fintech, and related sectors, supporting startups from early stages through growth and helping them scale internationally. The firm maintains offices in the United Kingdom, United States, China, India, and Japan and pursues opportunities across diverse markets, often taking board seats to guide portfolio companies. Backed by Fidelity’s global network and capital resources, Eight Roads Ventures emphasizes strategic resources, operational support, and international expansion to drive long-term value for founders and stakeholders.
Made 45 investments at Scale Stage

RA Capital Management

RA Capital Management is a Boston-based investment management firm specializing in growth-oriented and early-stage support for healthcare, life sciences, and planetary health companies. The company deploys capital across private seed rounds, series financings, and public markets, with a focus on drugs, medical devices, diagnostics, and tools that advance patient care. It leverages a science-driven approach through its research platform TechAtlas and provides value-added services such as board representation, executive recruitment, and market intelligence to portfolio companies. The firm operates an incubator program called Raven to nurture biomedical innovation and maintains an Innovator Resources program to guide company development. RA Capital emphasizes evidence-based investing, long-term partnerships, and social responsibility, aiming to drive value creation from inception through commercialization.
Made 40 investments at Scale Stage

Citigroup

Citigroup is a global financial services company headquartered in New York that operates through two main segments, Global Consumer Banking and Institutional Clients Group. GCB serves retail customers with traditional banking, cards, and related services, while ICG provides wholesale banking, fixed income and equity trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivatives, research, corporate lending, investment banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. The group maintains a broad, worldwide footprint across Asia, Europe, the Americas, and beyond and emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility. Citi Ventures serves as the corporate venture capital arm investing in fintech, data analytics, AI, and other technology sectors, while Citi Foundation supports inclusive growth and community initiatives that align with the firm’s broader goals.
Made 46 investments at Scale Stage

Highland Europe

Highland Europe is a venture capital firm based in London, United Kingdom. It focuses on growth-stage investments in consumer and enterprise technology companies across Europe and Israel, including internet, mobile and software sectors. The firm backs rapidly growing firms with equity capital and can provide acquisition finance or lead secondary transactions as well as primary investments. Founded in 2012, Highland Europe aims to help management teams accelerate growth and build durable businesses.
Made 80 investments at Scale Stage

Benchmark

Benchmark is a San Francisco Bay Area-based venture capital firm founded in 1995 that invests in early-stage technology companies. It focuses on mobile, marketplaces, social, infrastructure, and enterprise software and seeks to be the first investor in portfolio companies. The firm operates with a hands-on approach by equal partners who take board seats and work closely with founders, with a notable commitment to open source and a reputation for an equal ownership and compensation structure. Benchmark backs a diverse portfolio of private market leaders and has supported companies such as Uber, Snapchat, Tinder, Stitch Fix, Elastic, and Cyanogen, as well as exits including Twitter, Instagram, Yelp, OpenTable, New Relic, Hortonworks, GrubHub, Zendesk, and Zillow. The organization is known for its global reach with offices in Woodside and San Francisco, California, and its influence in the technology ecosystem.
Made 98 investments at Scale Stage

FJ Labs

FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm founded in 2015 by Fabrice Grinda. The firm concentrates on marketplaces and consumer-facing startups and is stage-agnostic, investing across seed and Series A rounds. It seeks scalable companies with strong unit economics and potential to become market leaders, often co-investing with other global funds to broaden its impact. FJ Labs emphasizes rapid decision-making and leverages its broad network to support portfolio companies in fundraising and growth, helping startups scale across large markets and ecosystems.
Made 42 investments at Scale Stage

Felicis Ventures

Felicis Ventures is a Menlo Park-based venture capital firm founded in 2006 that backs early-stage technology startups globally. The firm emphasizes founder-first investing and provides more than capital through mentorship and strategic guidance, aiming to help portfolio companies scale from seed through growth stages. Its focus spans software, information technology, and TMT, with activity across sectors including artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, health, energy, and education. Felicis has backed a number of notable companies, such as Shopify, Canva, and Notion, and maintains a diverse portfolio across multiple countries, reflecting a global investment approach.
Made 32 investments at Scale Stage